A Rambling Post About Cows

This is a picture of our favorite cow Velma and myself at the county fair in July. Velma consistently produces outstanding calves.

Here at Fountain Farms The Man will occasionally flush a cow and transfer the embryos into recipient cows to better the herd. The first cow he did this with produced sisters out of different recipient cows. The girls named them Daphne and Velma (Scooby Doo for those that don't recognize). A year after flushing "13" she was found dead in one of the many ponds on our property. Thirteen had already produced naturally numerous bulls that were recognized at bull test stations as being superior producers of fast growing thick cattle. In the beef industry, that's what we strive for after all.

So, the spring after thirteen had passed on we had on ground these two very nice embryo heifers. The girls took Velma to fair the first year, and then both Velma and Daphne the second. Velma won her class because of her beauty and type.

For whatever reasons these two produce two very different types of calves. Velma's are usually easy to break and be around. Daphne's are stand offish and would just assume kick you as not.

Daphne's latest calf is Czelaw after the great Green Bay Packer player Chester Marcol. We (the girls in the family) named him Mo. Mainly because we took four calves to fair. Eenie, Meanie, Miney (the triplets) so we needed a Mo. These days Chester is getting ready to go to the bull test station. He is easy to handle, but also a nuisance as he would like to play instead of be herded. He puts his head down and wants to head but you. Something I learned not to go along with from our old bull Nick. It's cute at 500 lbs, not so much at 2000. I will miss him when he leaves. I've asked The Man to buy him back at the auction, but more than likely he will live out his life in a herd in Iowa.